Quotes of the Week

Rapoport, Francis, Knight, and TrotterBernard Rapoport of Waco, who is ignoring the Democrats and supporting independent Carole Keeton Strayhorn over Republican Rick Perry, in The Dallas Morning News: "The thing we have to worry about right now is who has a shot. And the only two people who seem to have a shot at it are Strayhorn and Perry." State District Judge Robert Francis, quoted by the Associated Press on opponent Terry Keel's effort to push him off the ballot for a faulty application: "It's hard to win if you're not on the ballot. If you're the only one on it, it's dang hard to lose." Rebecca Knight , an English teacher in Bonham, talking about the state government with the Paris News: "I thought legislators would look out for me the way I look out for my students. "Boy, was I wrong." Hereford cattleman Johnny Trotter, quoted in The Wall Street Journal on plans for an ethanol operation that'll be fueled with cattle manure he's been paying to get rid of: "If you ask if I like it, sure I like it. It's like finding $350,000 in the road."